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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in digital education technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that online learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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